Part 1
Review the scenario below. Throughout the quarter, you will be referring to this scenario, coming up with an appropriate solution, and reflecting on your thinking process.
You are reviewing a pediatric patient’s chart. You notice under the treatment plan that the child’s physician ordered 100g of a certain medication to be administered daily. The nurses’ notes show that 100mg of this medication has been administered each morning for the past 3 days.
Please complete the following in 1-3 pages.
Define the problem, using your own words.
What are possible long-term complications or outcomes to this scenario?
Compare and contrast possible solutions to this issue.
Select one of the solutions you listed above as your final solution. Defend your selection.
2nd paper
Read the article “Thinking Like a Nurse: A Research-Based Model of Clinical Judgment in Nursing” by Christine Tanner, which is linked below:
Link to article
In at least three pages, answer the following questions:
What do you feel are the greatest influences on clinical judgment? Is it experience, knowledge, or a combination of those things?
In your opinion, what part does intuition play in clinical judgment? How do you think you’ll be able to develop nursing intuition?
Additional sources are not required but if they are used, please cite them i
n APA format.